KENOSHA, Wis. — At a time of year
when many college students are holding down a summer job or simply
hanging out, about 120 University of Wisconsin System students gathered
in Kenosha in late July to talk about their research projects.

From the use of botanical extracts to
control aggressive cats to a device to fix faulty golf swings, and from
“smart” polymers to the prospect of using Styrofoam-eating mealworms to
feed fish, the student projects covered a range of scientific, business
and societal topics...